Unlike many other web designers and agencies, I didn't start is business as a web developer or coder. I fell into online marketing almost accidentally in the early 2000's running a mortgage and commercial finance business.

I built a website for the business with very little technical ability but a reasonable amount of marketing know-how, but you know what ... it worked!

The business grew from a small local business to a national brand, awarded runner up broker of the year when it sold in 2008, all on the back of online marketing strategies and a website.

Since, then I have been working successfully with several hundred businesses in Australia, New Zealand, USA and UK with their online marketing and websites strategies.

If you want to work with someone who has been in the trenches of business, understands marketing, and you want a professional awesome website that just works, then get in touch today.

Nik CreeWordPress Website Developer

What Does Your Website Need?

If you only want a cheap website we are happy to refer you to a cheap providers. Focusing on how much it is going to cost is the wrong side of the equation.

When looking for a website that makes your business money you may like chat to discover if we can give you what you need.

How much money can a good website generate for you?

What is the likely return on investment to make it worth while to outlay an investment of time and money to get it built?

The simplest way to work it out is to ask ...

What is your average gross profit per sale?

Then, how many additional sales do you need to make to cover the initial investment to build the website.

If the website investment is $7,000, it needs to bring in an additional ten customers to break even. One new client a week will cover the cost to build within ten weeks.

Before you start set goals for your new website to determine the return on investment the time to break even.

Choose a website option to meet your requirements and budget now

You can easily upgrade it in the future without having to do a full rebuild again. You can have a website that is flexible to add 'modules', features and functionality later and as cashflow grows.

Choosing A Web Designer

There are plenty of web developers and agencies out there who can help you. Some will do a great job and others will be a waste of your time and money. So how do you choose the right web designer to build your website?

Here Is The Wrong Way To Choose A Web Designer (And Most People Do This) ...

Google Searching Or Asking For Recommendations On Facebook Or From Friends Can Be Disasterous ...

Website agencies on the first page of Google have generally paid to be there (whether Google Ads or Organic SEO). It is an indicator of who has the deepest pocket to spend on marketing. Just because they are happy to spend a lot of money to get in front of you doesn't mean they are any good. There are plenty of 'sweat shops' pumping out websites with no strategy nor ongoing support and will dump you as soon as they have handed it over to you.

Facebook recommendations are no better.

I'm sure you know of people who are happy to recommend a family member of a friend who has just got into web development. Sure there are some genuinely good recommendations but how do to sift and sort to good from the bad?

A Beatiful Web Designers Website Is Not A Good Indicator Of Their Expertise And Heres Why ...

A Graphic Designer with a fantastic looking website can be very appealing, but a pig with lipstick on is still a pig (albiet a good looking pig).

What that means is if the website hasn't been started with setting a solid marketing strategy and goals is never going generate business.

The expression "You Can't Judge A Book By It's Cover" applies online to, so don't be duped by good looks!

You can still have a fantastic looking website but it needs to start with determining what the business objective is first - that why our first step with all clients is an intensive 90 minute workshop to get these things right from the beginning!

Why Looking At A Web Designers Portfolio Is Flawed ...

A portfolio generally shows an image of the home page with a brief description of each project completed by a web designer. They rarely go into detail about the specific needs of the business, the goals and objectives, and outcomes from the point of view of how the website increased the leads, enquiries, sales or whatever else is important to the business.

Most portfolio's have a great looking image of the home page on computer, tablet and mobile. Whoopdie Do! Can you tell what someone's personality, beliefs and attitudes are without speaking to them or spending some time with them? No, of course you can't and it is the same with someone's portfolio.

You are better off having an in depth conversation with the web developer to discover whether what they have to offer is in alignment with your values, needs and business. And, see whether they are going be a "one night stand" or if they are going to stick around and develop and ongoing professional relationship with you to help with your business and online marketing.

Testimonials Are A Surprisingly Poor Guage Of A Web Designers Work & I'm Sure You'll Agree With This ...

Have you ever known anyone to put bad testimonials on their website? They are only going to put the good ones there. In business there are always going to be times when things don't work out, but most of the time customers experience is good to great. You are better off to do some Googling to find out what people are saying about the website developer rather than just relying on testimonials.

Why Would You Ever Fill In An Enquiry Form To Get A Quote Knowing This? ...

While it is important to know how much you will be paying for a website, a proposal and quote for most businesses is not needed (unless there is a lot of custom work). Having worked with hundreds or businesses over the past 10+ years, most websites follow a similar structure and have a similar formula to generate leads and enquiries (or sales if an eCommerce website). In most cases a proposal and quote is a long sales document to justify what the web agency does and to pitch to you.

Our prices are transparent and here on the web for you to choose from to both fit what your business needs and your budget. Unlike many other agencies whose prices can vary depending on what they think their clients are prepared to pay (why do you thing they ask for your 'budget'?), but they will still be making the same type of website from one of a number of 'templates'.

When To Build A Website?

It can take anywhere between 3 to 6 weeks to start and complete a website, plus the time it takes to get all your information together to include in the website. Here is a [checklist or the sort of information you will need] to gather.

The question is "When Do You Want To Start Making More Sales" - in 3 weeks, 3 months, 3 years?

Every day you delay making the decision is a day further from making additional sales. I'm sure you would agree that the best time to start is now so you can start benefiting earlier with an influx of new customers and grow the business.

What Does A Website Cost?

Websites can cost anything from $500 to $50,000 and more (large companies spend millions).

These days anyone can be a web designer and build on any number of free and cheap web platforms. It might take a day to a week to build for $500 but these are not going to generate business for you. You get what you pay for.

On the other hand we have worked on custom projects of $50,000 and more with organisations with large budgets. This is will be overkill and will take a long time to get a return on your investment, unless you have an equally large budget for marketing.

You should expect to pay $2,000 for a basic brochure site, between $4,000 to $6,000 for a marketing and lead generation website and $10,000+ for more involves sites with special functions or requirements needed (eg members area, shopping cart, directory, ... ). Get an estimate of what websites cost.

If you know you will recoup your investment with the first new sale, or within 3 months, or whatever that number is, delaying making a decision only pushes out when you will start benefiting from increased business.

I can highly recommend their IT support for small businesses like mine.

Nik Cree and his team at Positive Business Online are consistently prompt, efficient and thorough in their service delivery.

I can highly recommend their IT support for small businesses like mine.

Monique Kurki

Viva BodyStrength

What You Get With A Website Built By Us

WordPress CMS

A simple but powerful Content Management System giving you complete control over the content.

Page Builder

Allows you to create beautiful designs with a drag & drop builder without hiring designer for awesomeness.

Google Ready

Connected to Google to maximise being found and being able to see how to improve your site even more.

Professional Design

Our designers have an eye for colour and detail so your website just looks stunning!

Easy to Update

Want to add an image, embed video, link to another website, change text, share on social media. You can do it all.

Template Library

Need a Landing Page or new Page? No problem! Select from a library of templates ready for you to use.

Affordable

Web design packages to fit all budgets. Easy to upgrade with no hidden costs or fees.

Copywriting

Working with you on creating content makes the process a breeze delivering personable but polished copy.

Responsive

Displays well and adjusts intuitively for all screen sizes from large desktop to the smallest mobile phone.

We’re really grateful for his kind and patient approach to helping us!

Nik and his team have been an amazing help with our website. He was able to quickly identify an issue and just as quickly resolve it. We’re really grateful for his kind and patient approach to helping us!

Craig Haywood

Ongoing Support After Your Website Is Built

Optimised Hosting

Your website will be hosted on servers that have been optimised to be fast, reliable, and secure so that your website performs well.

Free SSL Certificate

Every site comes with an SSL Certificate that is compliant with Google's best practice and secure for your visitors.

Website Updates

We look after all updates to the theme, plugins and scripts to ensure the site is up to date and optimally maintained.

Training Library

An extensive library of training and how-to videos, user manual, online resources and tools are available for you to use at any time of day of night.

Tracking & Monitoring

Tracking scripts and monitoring are installed so you can see what people are doing on your site allowing you to keep improving your visibility and conversions.

Hack Guarantee

All websites are vulnerable to malware and hacking. Should your site be attacked, it will be fixed and repaired quickly at no additional cost.

Uptime Monitor

Your site is monitored to ensure that if there is a problem that takes it offline, it is found and resolved quickly.

Support Line

You have access to the design and development team to help with questions, advice and assistance with your website.

Events And Training

You are welcome to join the trainings, events and webinars running throughout the year on a range of business and online marketing topics.

Positive Business always help me with little things

Positive Business always help me with little things. This makes a difference to me

Anahera Walsh

THE ANATOMY OF THE PERFECT WEBSITE

There are fundamental principles to designing and building websites the convert visitors into enquiries. Good web design started with placing the essential elements in the right position then adding the beauty of design. This presentation was delivered to a WordCamp in Brisbane to an audience of 300+ website designers, developers, users and business owners. It forms the basis of how your site will be designed and built.

WHY PEOPLE LOVE THEIR WEBSITES

Great contributor to the industry

Nik has been helping businesses engage with the customers and market their products/services for many years and has ironed out great formulas for building successful solutions. I have worked alongside Nik several times and found him to be a great contributor to the industry locally by supporting co-working and community meetups on the Gold Coast 🙂

Grant Hawkey

Positive Business always help me with little things

Positive Business always help me with little things. This makes a difference to me

Anahera Walsh

We’re really grateful for his kind and patient approach to helping us!

Nik and his team have been an amazing help with our website. He was able to quickly identify an issue and just as quickly resolve it. We’re really grateful for his kind and patient approach to helping us!

Craig Haywood

I can highly recommend their IT support for small businesses like mine.

Nik Cree and his team at Positive Business Online are consistently prompt, efficient and thorough in their service delivery.

I can highly recommend their IT support for small businesses like mine.

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